Doha vs Seattle - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Doha	Seattle
🚶 Cost of living one person	$1810	$2908
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$4093	$7212
🏠 One person rent	$1170	$1829
🏘️ Family rent	$2067	$3413
🍽️ Food expenses	$407	$707
🚐 Transport expenses	$106	$161
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$3747	$6392
😷 Air quality	Bad	Excellent
✈️ Airport proximity	5 km	9 km
🎓 Higher education	45	80
😀 Quality of life	80	92
🏙️ Population	1.19M	737K

The cost of living in Doha is 38% less expensive than in Seattle. Cities ranked 2461st and 206th ($1810 vs $2908) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 168th in Qatar and the United States, respectively. Check Qatar vs the United States comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 2.1 months in Doha compared to 2.2 months in Seattle. Doha ranked 1st best city to live in Qatar vs Seattle ranked 16th in the United States, while ranked 501st and 102nd among best cities to live in the world.

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Prices in Doha vs Seattle

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	Doha	Seattle
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$9.21	$19.3
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$53.6	$89.2
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$7.68	$12.8
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$12.5	$8.02
☕ Cappuccino	$5.58	$5.61
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.91	$3.13
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$1374	$1947
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$912	$1538
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$2598	$3856
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$1675	$2943
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$76.3	$142
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$119	$220
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$88.9	$67.4
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	5.74%	6.42%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$4584	$7855
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$3277	$5704
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.56	$2.77
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$35.7	$97.1
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$16.2	$18
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.55	$1.25
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$2.02	$1.17
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$1.53	$3.71
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.8	$4.4
🥚 Eggs, x12	$3.03	$4.47
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$12.5	$17.1
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$8.89	$13.6
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$10.8	$20.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.9	$4.95
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.56	$1.82
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.51	$4.93
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.39	$5.33
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.98	$2.81
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.25	$3.32
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.31	$1.63
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$1.96	$3.04
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$12.9	$15.6
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.89	$2.79
🚬 Cigarette pack	$5.96	$12.1
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$6.05	$10.5
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$4.89	$5.98
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$2.86	$6.97
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$2.09	$2.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$112	$63.5
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$12	$16.1
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$49.4	$183
💇 Haircut, simple	$9.64	$25.7
👖 Brand Jeans	$61.6	$67.8
👟 Brand Sneakers	$95.9	$94.1
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$798	$2227
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$11230	$28179

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Cities near Doha

Distance	City	Cost of living
43 km or 27 mi	Al Khor	$1719
135 km or 84 mi	Riffa	$1218
138 km or 86 mi	Isa Town	$1226
139 km or 87 mi	Manama	$1267
175 km or 109 mi	Dhahran	$870
188 km or 117 mi	Al-Mubarraz	$783
191 km or 119 mi	Dammam	$989
236 km or 147 mi	Qatif	$878
265 km or 165 mi	Jubail	$928
282 km or 175 mi	Madinat Zayed	$1630
300 km or 187 mi	Abu Dhabi	$1802
380 km or 236 mi	Dubai	$2309
388 km or 241 mi	Sharjah	$1503
397 km or 247 mi	Ajman	$2084
405 km or 252 mi	Umm al-Quwain	$1768
409 km or 254 mi	Jahrom	$561
414 km or 257 mi	Bushehr	$548
442 km or 275 mi	Borazjan	$541
442 km or 275 mi	Al Ain	$1050
455 km or 283 mi	Fasa	$556
466 km or 289 mi	Ras al-Khaimah	$1603
480 km or 298 mi	Kazerun	$537
483 km or 300 mi	Fujairah	$1232
489 km or 304 mi	Shiraz	$558
491 km or 305 mi	Riyadh	$1586
515 km or 320 mi	Al Wafrah	$1268
516 km or 320 mi	Bandar Abbas	$728
524 km or 325 mi	Marvdasht	$546
573 km or 356 mi	Kuwait City	$1457
597 km or 371 mi	Yasuj	$489
601 km or 374 mi	Al-Faw	$713
602 km or 374 mi	Behbahan	$507
617 km or 383 mi	Sirjan	$520
628 km or 390 mi	Bandar-e Mahshahr	$542
635 km or 394 mi	Umm Qasr	$716
644 km or 400 mi	Abadan	$557
659 km or 409 mi	Khorramshahr	$552
663 km or 412 mi	Nizwa	$786
679 km or 422 mi	Az Zubayr	$705
683 km or 424 mi	Basra	$879

Cities near Seattle

Distance	City	Cost of living
9.1 km or 5.7 mi	Mercer Island	$2759
11 km or 6.5 mi	Bellevue	$3179
14 km or 8.5 mi	Kirkland	$2901
15 km or 9.2 mi	Tukwila	$2542
15 km or 9.5 mi	Burien	$2512
16 km or 10 mi	Bainbridge Island	$2904
17 km or 10 mi	Shoreline	$3091
17 km or 10 mi	Renton	$2301
17 km or 11 mi	Redmond	$3229
17 km or 11 mi	Kenmore	$2784
19 km or 12 mi	SeaTac	$2489
21 km or 13 mi	Bothell	$2866
22 km or 14 mi	Sammamish	$2743
22 km or 14 mi	Edmonds	$2821
23 km or 14 mi	Issaquah	$2655
24 km or 15 mi	Des Moines	$2512
24 km or 15 mi	Lynnwood	$2769
24 km or 15 mi	Bremerton	$2491
26 km or 16 mi	Kent	$2819
30 km or 19 mi	Mill Creek	$2692
33 km or 20 mi	Federal Way	$2449
34 km or 21 mi	Maple Valley	$2515
35 km or 21 mi	Mukilteo	$2619
35 km or 22 mi	Auburn	$2172
41 km or 25 mi	Everett	$2569
42 km or 26 mi	Tacoma	$2348
46 km or 28 mi	University Place	$2655
48 km or 30 mi	Puyallup	$2774
50 km or 31 mi	Lake Stevens	$2581
51 km or 32 mi	Lakewood	$2417
52 km or 33 mi	Marysville	$2576
57 km or 35 mi	Spanaway	$2307
74 km or 46 mi	Lacey	$2534
76 km or 47 mi	Olympia	$2435
78 km or 48 mi	Sequim	$2609
80 km or 50 mi	Oak Harbor	$2612
90 km or 56 mi	Mount Vernon	$2314
100 km or 62 mi	Port Angeles	$2546
109 km or 68 mi	Centralia	$2577
119 km or 74 mi	Victoria	$2263